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noun
A clumsy or uncouth person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clodhopper, lout, lummox, oaf
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a disreputable or clumsy man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, adult male
History
From Quranic Arabic جالُوت (jālūt, pronounced galūt in Egyptian Arabic), proper name equivalent to English Goliath, giant warrior of the ancient Philistine ethnicity; cf. connotations of derogatory uses of English Philistine. Doublet of goliath.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
